# North American Stainless inaugurates $150M bright annealing line in Kentucky

North American Stainless (NAS) dedicated a new $150 million bright and annealing line at its Ghent, Kentucky facility, creating 36 full-time jobs. The expansion, announced in March 2015, also includes a new cold rolling mill and increases plant production capacity by nearly 10%.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-10-27
- Where: Ghent, Carroll County, Kentucky, United States
- Value: $150.0M
- Jobs: 36
- Starts operating: 27 Oct 2017
- Status: completed
- Capacity: increase of almost 10% in the plant's production capacity
- Products: bright and annealed stainless steel
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [North American Stainless](https://endata.com/companies/16318.md)
- [Acerinox S.A.](https://endata.com/companies/27584.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [newkentuckyhome.ky.gov](https://newkentuckyhome.ky.gov/Newsroom/NewsPage/10272017_North_American_Stainless), 2017-10-27: "These new investments result in an increase of almost 10 percent in the plant's production capacity and they allow Acerinox to increase its range of products and expand markets."

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